(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
“Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services. Its focus is on current practices, techniques, processes, and information on events in the field. Against the Grain is a down-to-earth, practice-orientated library journal.
Ideas for upcoming “Biz of Digital” articles include:
- Reports on interesting scholarly communication, digital collections, or institutional repository activities or projects at your institution
- An overview of your library’s activities in scholarly communication, digital collections, digital repositories, or digital scholarship
- Supporting and encouraging open access, open peer review, open textbooks, open research, or open science at your university
- The evolving scholarly communication landscape and its impact on your library and university
- The impact or potential impact of ChatGPT and other tools and apps on scholarly communication
- The impact of federal funder mandates on scholarly communication, your university, or your library
Feel free to choose any of these topics, or one of your own. Theoretical articles, research reports, “how-to” articles, case studies, literature reviews and conceptual or opinion pieces are welcome. Article length should be approximately 1,200-1,500 words (4-5 pages, double-spaced).
Contributions may be written by individuals or co-authored.
If you are interested in writing for the “Biz of Digital” column, please contact the Editor, at flinchba@umbc.edu or the address below:
Michelle Flinchbaugh
Digital Scholarship Services Librarian
UMBC Library
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250